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| Yes | 86% | 1763 votes | Total: 2048 votes | |
| No | 14% | 285 votes |
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by lucy rucker
Should Us Companies be Required to Give Equal Pay to Men and Women? Of Course! Yes, indeedee! In the millennium century of 2008, and it is a great place to live and work. T...read more
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PAYMENT ON PAR Should American companies pay women the same wages or salaries as they pay their male counterparts? Of course they should! Equal work warrants equal pay. Un...read more
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The issue is not equal pay to women and men - the issue is equal pay for equal work, regardless of who does it (this happens to include different genders, different nationalitie...read more
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by MichaelNolan
While on the surface this question might seem cut and dry, the very question itself represents a problem that is far bigger than it may seem. The fact is that in the overwhel...read more
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by Zach Bigalke
The greatest hindrance to equal compensation of the sexes for equivalent work is the ongoing argument that we should all be treated equally, despite gender or race or creed or a...read more
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Women should receive equal pay for equal work. Anything less would be discrimination based on gender and would be immoral and bigoted. There is nothing inherent to work performe...read more
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Of course men and women must be paid equally for their equal contributions. This goes without saying and should never be open to debate. There is a "but" to this statement tha...read more
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by Sara Bradley
This question can only be asked by those who bear some form of prejudice against certain other people. Wages should never be based on the sect of the person but rather, on thei...read more
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US companies are already required by both statute and case law in the US to provide equal pay to women and men. They have no choice but to follow the law, which demands that the...read more
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by Freckles
Men and women should receive equal pay based on their abilities and performance. Unfortunately, the AFL/CIO web site states that while "Equal Pay" has been the law according to ...read more
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by L'emore
Is this a rhetorical question? It's sad that in this day and age, this issue needs to be debated. Should we go back to the 1950s, when women stayed at home while the men 'brou...read more
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This debate has been going on for a very long time. My opinion is a heart felt, Yes. However I believe that the only thing that should be accounted for is that the job be one of...read more
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by Mary Pagay
Like Lady Justice, the pay offered for a given job should be blind to age, sex, and race. As insane as it may sound, this country gives higher pay for the same job to men over ...read more
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by Koren Ribken
Yes they should. I hate laws, it seems like we have too many. I was talking with a co-worker the other day who was talking about how she thought couples shouldn't be able to g...read more
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by betty warner
What is this resistance to the word, idea, and concept of equality? So much has been won and lost in this world because of this more than simple concept. The real problem with...read more
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Equal pay for equal work is mandated by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Therefore, it is the law today. However, the burden of proof seems to lie with the employee....read more
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I strongly believe that US companies should be required to provide equal pay to women and men. It is alarming that in the 21st Century we are still having a debate on this issu...read more
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by C.D. Crowder
Equality in the work place has been an issue for as long as men and women have worked together. Apparently, men work harder than women, or so many believe. Men and women work ...read more
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by C. Mackenzie
This seems to me to be a very abstract, and silly, question to ask. For equal merit in performing a job with equal responsibilities, and with equal credentials and equal reliabi...read more
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by Peter Dalton
Two individuals providing the same labor or service, with equal production resulting in equal value to the organization should most definitely receive the same compensation. Tha...read more
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by Ted Sherman
No private companies should be compelled by law to provide blanket, no-exceptions equal pay for women and men. Organizations that do business with the government may have to con...read more
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It is ridiculous and quite patently un-American to dictate that a company provides ANY two people the same amount for doing the same job. It is certainly true that women and men...read more
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You get what you pay for. Companies should not be changing their pay scales based on a persons identity. If you are doing your job, you should get what they would pay anyone els...read more
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by Tom Sutcliff
This is one of those 'when-did-you-stop-beating- your-wife' questions where any answer looks bad. So keep reading to find out why the concept of equal pay regardless by gender is...read more
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by Naomi Wolf
If a company was to base their pay on outward appearances only, companies would be bankrupt in a week. The only thing that an employee's pay should be based on is their ability...read more
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by Keith Neely
A key misconception commonly committed when addressing questions such as these, is one where we focus on the wrong issue rather than the crux of the problem itself. This questi...read more
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Equal pay for men and women. Such a simple statement, and yet it is very complex. There is more to this argument than just men vs. women or equal rights among the sexes. Shou...read more
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by Joseph Mohr
Salaries should be related to what each person brings to the workplace not on the gender of the person earning it. Those who advocate equal pay for women and men in the workplac...read more
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by Hope W
There are more to pay scales than Is the employee a man or a woman?' It's completely ludicrous to assume that simply because a man and a women work for the same company that the...read more
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Since the Equal Pay Act of 1963, discriminating on the basis of gender in pay and hiring decisions has been illegal in America. So what are we talking about here? If you ave...read more
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The idea that men and women should be paid equally sounds good. And in intent, it is well meaning and virtuous. Two workers doing the same job should be paid the same. But this ...read more
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'Equal pay for equal work' is a very nice concept. Who could argue against it? After all, don't women deserve the same amount of money that men get for doing the same job? Of co...read more
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"Should US companies be required to provide equal pay to women and men?" I think a lot of people look at this question and probably equate it with: "Should US companies b...read more
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The days of paying, promoting, or hiring on the basis of gender, age, race, religion, or any criterion other than performance are over. Education, experience, job performance, a...read more
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The problem with many debates of this type is that it is not really a yes/no answer. Should the government require that just women be paid the same as men? No, "Equal pay ...read more
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Hasn't this form of affirmative action been abolished yet? It is exactly this type of thinking that makes race and gender bias so rife in the work place today. US companies ...read more
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US companies should pay equal pay for equal work. If a man and a woman hold the same job and perform at the same level, they should receive equal pay. If not, then they should ...read more
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by Phil Hill
You can't come up with a sweeping statement saying women and men should be paid the same by a firm. If they do the same job and are equally successful, then fair enough, they de...read more
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How many times is this old issue going to be re-hashed? The amount of money you get paid should not be based on gender. In most cases the gender of an applicant should have noth...read more
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The pay a person receives should be commensurate with their ability to do their job. Their sex should have nothing to do with their pay scale. If a male and a female are bo...read more
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